The Moving Picture Weekly (1920-1921)

40 THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY "THE DRAGON'S NET" Episode No. 10 "The Train of Death" CAST Marie Carlton Marie Walcamp Harlan Keelr Hrland Tucker Dr. Redding Wadsworth Harris King Carson Otto Lederer jyjARIE and Harlan rescue themselves. While Harlan waits on the banks for the thugs to keep them from pursuing Marie, she steps into a waiting canoe, paddled by some natives and they float down the rapids. Harlan is atacked by Carson and his gang who follow up Marie. In order to save herself from them, Marie swings herself along a monkey vine, hanging from a tree on the banks of the river near its center, and hidden in the heavy foliage of the tree, she watches Carson pass. ICeeler follows somewhat later in a canoe, after he ha- revived, and Marie makes a <live from the tree into his boat. They land and hide in a deserted shack where Marie tells Keeler her story and offers him the lotus petal. He refuses it, saying he has found something far more precious. They are attacked in the shack by Carson and Marie flees horrified, directly in the path of some wild caraboas. She is rescued and taken to the home of some Philippine women who lend her fresh clothes and she sets out for the hotel. On the way she meets with Keeler. They ride back in the automobile of one of Marie's friends whom she has met on the road. One of the Carson henchmen hangs on the back of the automobile and finds out that Marie and Keeler are next bound for Jolo. Keeler and a party set out for Jolo but Marie decides to postpone her trip temporarily in order to take care of some business. She falls into Carson's clutches and when she refuses to give him the petal, he binds her to the railroad tracks in the path of an approaching train. Keeler, who is on this train, and who is riding in the engine car, having feared possible trouble, sees her struggling on the tracks. He tries to stop the train. Will be succeed? "When The Devil Laughed" Red Rider Series No. 4 Featuring LEONARD CLAPHAM and VIRGINIA FAIRE j^IRK MACLEAN, of the Royal Northwest mounted police, loves Jean Codrae, whose father, Baptiste, owns the White Fox tavern. A strang er enters, Nigel Durant by name, and claims Jean as his daughter. She sorrowfully departs with him, but not before Kirk has made mental note of a scar on Durant's hand and identified him as a criminal for whom there is a warrant out. Jake and his friends had seen Nigel flash a roll of bills and start in pursuit of him and Jean, but Abner, Kirk's man of all work, overhears the plan, and a little later informs Kirk of it. Kirk goes after them. Jake comes upon Nigel and Jean and sends Jean away to the woods. He asks Durant for money and mortally wounds hm. He makes his getaway just as Kirk arrives on the scene. Kirk starts after Jake. In the meantime Abner has had his troubles with some of the thieves. They elude him when he endeavors to make captives of them and they start out after Jean. Kirk captures Jake and brings him to Abner. He then starts out after Jean. When the men see him coming, they throw Jean from a cliff. She falls into a lake below where she is rescued by Kirk, but the gangsters manage to escape. "A Wild Night" Featuring Joe Martin JOE and McGinis, his pal, hang out in an Apache dive. They read that a certain Congo Prince who is always accompanied by his pet monkey, has arrived in Paris and will be entertained by "The Upper Three" or "Four Hundred Of Paris." Joe and McGinis decide to make a haul as do two other crooks who hang out in the dive and who commission one of their number to hold up the prince at Monte Carlo. McGinis disguises himself as the prince, and accompanied by Joe attends the dazzling reception where they both make a clean-up of pearls, diamonds, etc. Things are going pretty easily for them, when the two other crooks (a man and a woman) arrive. One of them is dressed as the prince. The monkey is impersonated by a little boy attached to the zoo. McGinis and Joe have some job keeping the other crooks out of the way. Finally the litle boy who is dressed as a monkey gets sore at Joe and his impudence and plans revenge. He returns to the zoo, scaling first the outside of the building in a perilous descent, and leads the lions to the mansion where the ball is taking place. The lions arrive at a period of great excitement for the hostess has discovered that Joe and McGinis are impostors. A mad chase from the lions follows, during the course of which all the Paris police are called in but prove helpless. The four crooks and Joe finally get together in making an effort to get out of the house, inasmuch as they are locked in a room. They tear the bed sheets, making a line of them and descend from the window only to land right in the wagon of the police. Their plunge into society is over and the four and Joe find themselves in jaiL human Harry Carey says YOU'RE never as mean as your enemies think nor as good as your sweetheart believes but it won't hurt to raise your batting average just a leetle bit. -Watch for "Sundown Slim,"